The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1887-10-29
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friend of his impnriled country.
And in the face of all this when this laggard in love
this niggard in war lifts his hands still wet with the
ink that wrote that dsgaceful check for 5000 and
handed it to Tweed, and makes false return Of
s24 900 as to his income, how can men trust him!
His associate. too is identified with everything that
smacks of reputation and national dshonor.'
"And now Marshall, Wallis & Co., in 1887, invite
the Democrats of Maryland to join with them in
trusting to this and his party to pass Tilden
election law [Iaughter.l With King his case is no
better or worse than the balance of the leaders OF
his party The people will not trust them again.
"But Mr.. Cowen says, practically, that the mer-
chants and business men of Baltimore have gone as
tray; they welded to their idols, and will go ON
and keep criminals in high place. But he says:
There is another class in this community to whom
can appeal, and whom we have great hope of
securing and that is the labor class For more than
year he has been preparing addresses, and has
become their counsel in some small local cases OF
contested elections to get their confidence and
lead them from the only party which has given them
any consideration. There has not been an act of
any Legislature in Maryland or of any Congress.
looking to the relief of the workingmen that was
not passed by Democratic Legislature or Congress:
will not trouble you to go over the whole list You
can begin at the beginning of the history of the
State and you will find that every measure for the
relief of labor emanated from the Democratic party
few years ago labor began to organize for the pur
pose of promoting their interest. They were right
They had as much right to do that as capital had
But the case came up before our courts, and the
courts decided that they had right to organize to
raise their wages they might act singly but not
an organization. The Democratic party assembled
in convention and taking this question up on pub
lie grounds without a word from the workingmen
as it has been accustomed to do from the beginning
of the government passed resolutions and placed
them in its platform, to the effect that the Legsla-
ture should give the workingmen an act to enable
them to organize lawfully, and the Legislature
did it."
ave went on, and seeing from the notifications
and action in other States in the Union that
legislative enactment might be repealed, the Demo-
cratic convention of 1885 passed resolution saying
that this right should be secured forever by placing
it in the organic law of your State, and when we
have constitutional convention the Democratic
party will that this right is secured for all time.
[Applause.l Now the time has arrived when the
people must determine by vote If we shah have q
convention, whether you will have new constitu-
ton and whether this and other provisions shall be
adopted. But Cowen makes bargain with the Re-
publicans to vote against constitution, and
thus prevent what they so much desire. He can't
Ohio and telling that the time was when he was an
honest workingman and shoveled dirt for dollar
and a quarter per day. [Laughter.l He has degen-
Grated awfully for he has now become an adept in
mud throwing.
What do you intend to do about this matter?
suppose there is not another community in this
country that has been abused and traduced as
this has; where the passions have been stirred
up. But you have, to your credit, remained quiet
through itall. appeal to you now, with the full
belief that other appeals and attempts to excite you
to be made. to remain cool and quiet you have
been. Your best to these ISLANDERS is to let
the enemy take his own course and fight his own
fight; but you bring out the Democratic vote and in
crease the Democratic majority; that will be full
and complete answer. This State is the first in i'm
portance OF all the border States The whole party
of the country is looking at you and if you fater
now remember, it is to transfer this whole govern
ment to the Republican party"